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mcconnell's. i think he's doing a good job. the best thing he can do is be a good leader in the senate right now. do your job well and that's your best safeguard to a primary or to a tough challenge and the bottom line is, if you look at the entire ad, it's not about ashley judd. there was an enormous amount of candidate who is are saying that they want to run against him. a lot of them who are whacky, one of them likes to wear a top hat a lot, a lot of them like to refer to her as ones who are saying they don't want to run, who would be the more serious candidates, the lieutenant governor, some congresspeople, et cetera. so this is not the add of a scared person. this is the ad of a confident person. >> ana and paul -- hold up, paul, unfortunately, we're up against the clock, so we can't continue, but we will, one of these days. thank you. coming up, by the way, in our next hour, it sounds like something out of a movie. $50 million in diamonds stolen in a shocking heist. we're going to be right b
mcconnell's. i think he's doing a good job. the best thing he can do is be a good leader in the senate right now. do your job well and that's your best safeguard to a primary or to a tough challenge and the bottom line is, if you look at the entire ad, it's not about ashley judd. there was an enormous amount of candidate who is are saying that they want to run against him. a lot of them who are whacky, one of them likes to wear a top hat a lot, a lot of them like to refer to her as ones who are...
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are you suggesting that mitch mcconnell and fellow republicans in the senate were drunk when she voted on this last night? >> of course not. i was having a little fun with you, wolf. it was after midnight t was a piece of legislation intended to be passable. not necessarily to be right. and this was in fact something that joe biden found a way to get the art of the possible. send something to the senate that the house could consider. now it's in the house. what we find missing from it sl any kind of reasonable spending reduction, something that the house has dealt with in committee. we've bubbled it up. we have a lot of figures. quite frankly, the lack of sequestration, the idea that in two months, in addition to this, we'll be dealing with the cliff in defense and sequestration and the cliff in the sense that we don't raise the debt limit, i think they could easily be dealt with today. i'm with eric cantor. this bill in its present form is not good enough and the american people are smart enough to know that what you don't pay today and owe tomorrow, you'll have to pay tomorrow. >> we
are you suggesting that mitch mcconnell and fellow republicans in the senate were drunk when she voted on this last night? >> of course not. i was having a little fun with you, wolf. it was after midnight t was a piece of legislation intended to be passable. not necessarily to be right. and this was in fact something that joe biden found a way to get the art of the possible. send something to the senate that the house could consider. now it's in the house. what we find missing from it sl...
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including the top two republicans in the senate, the senate leaders, one of whom, mitch mcconnell, has been a leader on trying to find compromise on fiscal issues over the past few years, much to the chagrin of some of the conservatives. not so now. the primary reason, he certainly wouldn't admit this publicly, but a primary reason is because first and foremost, he has to make sure that he doesn't lose his seat because there is a republican running against him from the right urging him not to compromise and that is very much what you see from others. again, it really does help inform and explain a large part of the dynamic that has been going on here on fiscal issues in the republican party over the past couple years. '. >> given the fact they got over this procedural hurdle today, that filibuster, it will pass tomorrow, it will go to the president. he will sign it into law, there won't be a government shutdown in january or at the beginning of the next fiscal year in october so this two-year deal, it will now be the law of the land. >> reporter: it certainly is heading that way for su
including the top two republicans in the senate, the senate leaders, one of whom, mitch mcconnell, has been a leader on trying to find compromise on fiscal issues over the past few years, much to the chagrin of some of the conservatives. not so now. the primary reason, he certainly wouldn't admit this publicly, but a primary reason is because first and foremost, he has to make sure that he doesn't lose his seat because there is a republican running against him from the right urging him not to...
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and even the republican leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell, who has been historically somebody who has tried to sort of calm the conservative waters, on this, he has a primary challenge as well. he is saying we want to extract something also. so the first thing that has to happen and will happen over the next month or so is republicans have to figure out what they want, get on the same page, and that is not going to be a pretty process internally. >> a lot of republicans privately don't want a big battle because they also think it would detract from their successful efforts on obamacare in scoring political points on that front. >> exactly right. that is one of the main reasons why at the end of the government shutdown, republicans said enough, already, we're going to basically uncle because they were convinced that they wanted to get back to obamacare because that was doing so poorly, they were stepping on their message. going into 2014, the election year, bar none, every republican thinks that that is going to be their winning message and you're exactly right, a fight over the de
and even the republican leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell, who has been historically somebody who has tried to sort of calm the conservative waters, on this, he has a primary challenge as well. he is saying we want to extract something also. so the first thing that has to happen and will happen over the next month or so is republicans have to figure out what they want, get on the same page, and that is not going to be a pretty process internally. >> a lot of republicans privately...
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career washington politician mitch mcconnell claims to be a conservative. >> reporter: mindful of recent history, he's runs as if scared. >> bevin's company got a tax bailout. not a kentucky conservative. >> newspapers say claims he graduated from prestigious m.i.t. >> reporter: at his events, a hard line against the president. >> solution is to pull it out, root and branch. >> reporter: mcconnell opposes a tea party backed plan to risk a government shutdown if that's what it takes. he hopes his new sidekick helps limit backlash. democrat allison grimes is well acare that kentucky hasn't september a democrat to the senate in 20 years now. we've had trouble in our state with identifying with the national democratic party, and i will tell you that i am running as a kentuckyian. you know, i have my disagreements with the president. >> campaigns as though mcconnell will survive the primary. >> it's about ending the disease of dysfunction in washington, and after merely 30 years senator mcconnell is at the center of it. he is to blame for the failed leadership. >> reporter: the mcconned campa
career washington politician mitch mcconnell claims to be a conservative. >> reporter: mindful of recent history, he's runs as if scared. >> bevin's company got a tax bailout. not a kentucky conservative. >> newspapers say claims he graduated from prestigious m.i.t. >> reporter: at his events, a hard line against the president. >> solution is to pull it out, root and branch. >> reporter: mcconnell opposes a tea party backed plan to risk a government shutdown...
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but mitch mcconnell, the house speaker john boehner, they made this choice. sometimes there's a little bit of a debate, who should we choose. they said there was no debate. they think he's the right messenger at this time. they think he helps the republican party, wolf, in 2013 and 2014 begin, what they concede, is a very complicated and rebuilding process. number one, they think he's a good communicator. number two, he will talk about smaller government. this will not be a traditional response. he's going to try to give a speech about this is the republican message and will draw some polite but very strong contrasts and will say that they hope to work with the president on immigration. >> is there a downside to this? >> there can be. a, how many of these can you remember? both chambers of congress are there, supreme court is there, there's a lot of applause. it's a big event. then somebody has to step in front of the camera in a quiet room and give a response. so the optics are just never as good as any president, democrat or republican. bobby jindal, bob mc
but mitch mcconnell, the house speaker john boehner, they made this choice. sometimes there's a little bit of a debate, who should we choose. they said there was no debate. they think he's the right messenger at this time. they think he helps the republican party, wolf, in 2013 and 2014 begin, what they concede, is a very complicated and rebuilding process. number one, they think he's a good communicator. number two, he will talk about smaller government. this will not be a traditional...
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their leader mitch mcconnell and the president both called a 90-minute meeting great. >> great meeting. then the president was off to meet with house democrats, wrapping up what's dubbed his charm offensive. it also included a closed-door session with house republicans. >> joining us now from thrill, eric cantor is the majority leader of the house of representatives. mr. leader, thanks very much for coming in. >> appreciate it, wolf. >> i want you to listen carefully to what the president said last night at one of his supporters' meetings here in washington. listen to this. >> over the last several weeks, the press here in washington has been reporting about obama's charm offensive. well, the truth of the matter is all i've been doing is calling up folks and trying to see if we can break through some of the gobbledygook of our politics here. and i do believe that, you know, that at this juncture, one of the things i believe is that we've got to get members of congress involved in these discussions, not just leadership. >> all right. well, you're the leadership, mr. leader. what do you
their leader mitch mcconnell and the president both called a 90-minute meeting great. >> great meeting. then the president was off to meet with house democrats, wrapping up what's dubbed his charm offensive. it also included a closed-door session with house republicans. >> joining us now from thrill, eric cantor is the majority leader of the house of representatives. mr. leader, thanks very much for coming in. >> appreciate it, wolf. >> i want you to listen carefully to...
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so if the -- but republicans like mitch mcconnell are all but accusing mr. obama of lying. >> i think it's pretty clear what the president said is not accurate. and we have to assume that the president knew what he was saying. >> if you like your private health insurance plan, you can keep your plan. >> reporter: a conservative group is running this ad on social media, linking mcconnell's opponent in next year's midterm elections to the president. >> when liberals don't tell the truth, kentucky gets burned. >> reporter: the other fire the white house is fighting is the implementation of the law itself. as new documents released by house republicans reveal, the war room was scrambling over the last month to confront mounting consumer frustrations. the government's navigators were seeing people very frustrated and walking away. all of which may impact those crucial enrollment numbers. earlier today, the head of medicare and medicaid who was overseeing the rollout of obama care said that the administration expected to see about 800,000 people enrolled bethe end
so if the -- but republicans like mitch mcconnell are all but accusing mr. obama of lying. >> i think it's pretty clear what the president said is not accurate. and we have to assume that the president knew what he was saying. >> if you like your private health insurance plan, you can keep your plan. >> reporter: a conservative group is running this ad on social media, linking mcconnell's opponent in next year's midterm elections to the president. >> when liberals don't...
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i think if you listen to the words that are being said and you listen to mitch mcconnell's comments in the past, you listen to a lot of people on our side of the aisle, again, republicans want to see tax reform take place. we think it's one of the things that can really drive economic growth in our country. so, if you look at potential additional revenue through tax reform and you look at entitlement reform that's really solving this problem, i don't think you're really hearing that much differentiation between people speaking. so, i'd listen closely. i think people are open to economic growth, and we, obviously, want to see that and the revenues that come from that and tax reform can help generate that. again, i'm listening to a lot of folks, and i do think there is an overlap that's good enough for us to begin some discussions that could bear fruit. >> senator, i want to get your take on this autopsy that came out this morning, the rnc put this out looking back at the 2012 presidential election. one of the things that you can read in this is an emphasis on changing, not the message,
i think if you listen to the words that are being said and you listen to mitch mcconnell's comments in the past, you listen to a lot of people on our side of the aisle, again, republicans want to see tax reform take place. we think it's one of the things that can really drive economic growth in our country. so, if you look at potential additional revenue through tax reform and you look at entitlement reform that's really solving this problem, i don't think you're really hearing that much...